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2020-07-13	The Dodgers’ Legacy May Depend On This Short Season
2020-08-24	LeBron And AD Dominate Like Kobe And Shaq. But Can They Win Like The Classic Lakers?
2021-04-29	Achilles Tears Often Spell Doom For Basketball Players. But Kevin Durant Looks Like Himself Again.
2021-06-10	Nobody Told Joel Embiid That Centers Don’t Dominate The NBA Anymore
2021-08-05	The White Sox Are Good, But Can They Be Great?
2021-09-27	Trading For A Star At The Deadline Doesn’t Always Pay Off. L.A.’s Hoping That Trading For Two Will.
2021-10-26	Kyler Murray Is A Human Highlight Reel
2021-11-17	Brothers Are Lighting Up The NFL. Which Pair Had The Best Single Season?
2022-01-20	The Packers Need A Receiver Who Can Do It All. Good Thing They Have Davante Adams.
2022-01-26	‘Versatile’ Doesn’t Do Justice To Deebo Samuel
2022-03-01	The Celtics Have Finally Found Their Identity: Suffocating Defense
2022-03-28	We Don’t Talk Enough About Nikola Jokić’s Scoring
2022-04-20	Can James Harden Still Score Like An MVP?
2022-05-19	Marcus Smart Is More Than Just His Defense
2022-05-24	Steph Curry Had Excellence To Spare
2022-06-08	The Warriors’ Defense Is Impossible To Overlook
2022-06-15	The Ceiling For Jayson Tatum And Jaylen Brown Is High Enough. But Their Floor Might Be Too Low.
2022-07-15	Sandy Alcántara Is Breaking Baseball’s New Pitching Mold By Returning To An Old One
2022-08-01	Age? Injury? Nothing Can Stop Justin Verlander.
2022-08-16	Edwin Díaz And Francisco Lindor Aren’t Busts Anymore — And Neither Are The Mets
2022-09-09	Aaron Judge’s Historic Season Keeps Rolling — Even When His Teammates Fall Flat
2022-09-20	Why Some MLB Pitchers Are Abandoning The Fastball
2022-09-27	The Yankees And Dodgers Fought An ‘Uncivil War’ In The ‘70s. That Rivalry Might Rekindle This October.
2022-10-06	The Mets May Be The First Victim Of MLB’s New Postseason Format
2022-10-19	Yordan Álvarez Makes The Astros Fluke-Proof
2022-11-04	The Phillies Will Need The Long Ball For A Long Shot World Series Comeback